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Natural Magic

April 30, 2022 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Sacred Earth Tagged With: learn, magic, nature, sacred, wisdom

Earth Day Event

April 19, 2022 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

Tending to the Animals with
Shamanism Without Borders

Friday, April 22, 2022

A One-Day Virtual Immersion Event with Shamanism Without Borders Community Leaders!

This year’s theme of Tending to the Animals is so close to all of our hearts and we look forward to sharing this in community. Join our Shamanism Without Borders Community Leaders as they guide you through a day of tending to our animal allies, guides, companions and friends.
 
What shamanic tools can we use to support our animal friends? How can we help them? What techniques can we use to heal them? What kind of support do they need from us? How can we connect more fully with our animal allies? How do we honor the sacred relationship that we humans have with animal beings of all kinds on Earth? 
 
Join Shamanism Without Borders in this One-Day Virtual Immersion Event to explore these questions and how shamanic practices and principles can be applied to creating a better world for the benefit of all beings and our Mother Earth.

Register Here

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: connect, learn, love, mama earth, nature, ritual

Listening to Mother Earth

August 31, 2021 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

It comes like a faraway whisper on the wind; so faint that you may not notice it the first few times. But then, maybe the five or sixth or tenth time, something new registers in your awareness. She’s calling to you. Mother Earth is trying to connect and communicate.

That is my experience of listening to the land; I spent weeks sitting and trying so hard, my mind positively pushing to hear Her. And hearing nothing. But then, one day when I wasn’t trying and striving, there She was, like a whisper on the wind.

Had Mother Earth been talking to me all those weeks and I simply couldn’t hear Her? Probably. We modern humans have become so attuned to loud, regular man-made sounds. But Nature isn’t loud or regular. Earth’s voice is quiet and subtle; more like a fragment of a poem than a linear, logical sentence. And it is a poem written in the breeze, the pulse of stone and the meandering flow of river water.

I suspect that our ancestors who used no clock except the sun, and who lived with Her dirt constantly beneath their feet were much more attuned to Her rhythms and voice than we are today. Living in cities and traveling in fast cars, trains and planes is not exactly conducive to hearing the subtle voice of Nature.

But Mother Earth is still there beneath us, every single day. She is living and breathing and trying to connect with us. We came from Mother Earth; She is our original mother. We are supposed to be connected to her! 

Mama Earth is longing to connect with us again. She has billions of years of wisdom to share with us. We simply need to learn how to listen again.

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Basic Earth Listening Practice

Close your eyes, right where you are. Breathe deeply. Feel the seat beneath you. And breathe some more. 

Extend your awareness down beneath your feet and your seat. No need to puzzle or push to do this. Your animal body is wired for this, to connect with Mama Earth. Simply ask your animal body to extend its awareness down into the dirt and stones beneath you. 

Extend your awareness deep; 10 feet, 50 feet, 200 feet, 1000. Drop your awareness down below the surface where humans have been mucking about. Drop deeper. Go down into the pristine soil and rock of Earth. 

Listen with your entire body. What do you feel in your your toes? Your head? Your skin?  Smell anything? What do you hear? What thoughts or images pop into your head? What emotions come up?

Don’t push for logical answers. Don’t push for any answer. Just ask what She wants to share with you today and then listen. 

It may be completely confusing and unclear the first twenty times that you try to sit and listen to Mama Earth. It’s OK. That’s normal. It takes time to recalibrate your senses and connect.

Be patient with yourself. Building relationships takes time and commitment. Deep friendships aren’t formed overnight. Keep sitting with Her and listening. Eventually you will hear Her.

Once you begin to connect and hear Mama Earth, her wisdom may take many forms. Keep in mind that She may speak in riddles and dream fragments. You may get an immediate ah ha . Or you may not realize what was “said” until hours later. Her subtle, voice may take awhile to percolate up into your consciousness. Be patient. You’re learning a foreign language. Slowly but surely you will begin to hear Mama Earth singing to you.

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This practice can be used to connect with Mama Earth’s living, breathing ground beneath your feet. You can also use it to connect with an old tree or lake or boulder. Experiment and have fun.

Filed Under: Dream a New Earth, Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance Tagged With: dream, elemental, learn, listen, love, mama earth, nature, ritual, wisdom

Relating to Nature

July 15, 2021 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

“We have to shift our attitude of ownership of nature
to relationship with nature. The moment you change
from ownership to relationship,
you create a sense of the sacred.”

~Satish Kumar

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#WeDontOwnNature
#relate
#listen
#honor
#love

Image: Meadows & Mountains
by Nancy L

Filed Under: Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Sacred Earth Tagged With: learn, love, nature, relate, sacred, wisdom

Understanding the World

May 6, 2021 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

“It is possible to understand the world from studying a leaf. You can comprehend the laws of aerodynamics, mathematics, poetry, and biology through the complex beauty of such a perfect structure. It’s also possible to travel the whole globe and learn nothing.”

~Joy Harjo,
The Field of Miracles

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Image: Spring Rain and Lilacs
by Nancy L

Filed Under: Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance, Share Ideas and Practices Tagged With: Joy Harjo, learn, listen, nature, wisdom

Earth Teach Me

April 6, 2021 By Nancy L Leave a Comment

Earth teach me caring
as mothers nurture their young.

Earth teach me courage
as the tree that stands alone.

Earth teach me limitation
as the ant that crawls on the ground.

Earth teach me freedom
as the eagle that soars in the sky.

Earth teach me acceptance 
as the leaves that die each fall.

Earth teach me renewal
as the seed that rises in the spring.

Earth teach me to forget myself
as melted snow forgets its life.

Earth teach me to remember kindness
as dry fields weep with rain.

~Ute Prayer

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Image: Aspen Light
by Nancy L

Filed Under: Dream a New Earth, Inspire Nature Love, Open to Earth Wisdom and Guidance Tagged With: learn, listen, mama earth, teacher, wisdom

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